A former University of Colorado football player who ended up on Boulder police's "most wanted" list is back in the Boulder County Jail after being arrested in Utah.

Lynn Katoa, 23, was booked early Monday on suspicion of two counts of second-degree assault, one count of third-degree assault, criminal mischief and false reporting in connection with a January 2011 incident.

Katoa was taken into custody by West Valley police on a Boulder arrest warrant after a car accident in Utah, and he was held at Salt Lake City before being extradited to Boulder, officials said.

Boulder County Judge Norma Sierra set bond at $20,000 at a hearing Monday afternoon. A hearing for filing of charges is scheduled for Wednesday.

Katoa already was on intensive probation for a previous assault case when, police say, he punched several people -- including a woman -- in the face during a January 2011 altercation.

Bond had been set at $5,000, but Sierra raised it in response to a request from prosecutors.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Bruce Langer said Katoa's failure to comply with previous supervision and repeated arrests indicated a need for a higher bond.

Boulder police said that around 3:20 a.m. Jan. 9, 2011, a group of friends were at a residence in the 900 block of Broadway when they heard a man yelling outside about his lost phone. One of the men went outside to try to help him but came back in, unable to find the phone.

A short while later, those in the residence said several objects were thrown at their window, breaking the glass. The group then went outside to see who had thrown the objects.

According to the report, when the group encountered the suspect, witnesses said he was "acting crazy" and "flipped out."

The suspect punched a woman in the jaw and began fighting with several of the other people in the group, then fled the scene, police said. Several of the people suffered broken noses and others suffered bruises and cuts, police said.

A bag left at the scene contained official documents belonging to Katoa, and the description given by the victims also matched Katoa, police said.

Four years ago, Katoa was a five-star recruit for CU, but he never saw the field. Just two months after he arrived on the campus, Katoa was arrested for breaking into an apartment, sending one man's head through a wall and hitting another in the head with a rock, which he then tossed through a window.

Katoa pleaded guilty to felony menacing and was given a deferred sentence, meaning if he stayed out of trouble for three years, the arrest would have been wiped off his record.

But Katoa failed to show up for a hearing and also did not attend required substance abuse monitoring and treatment, and he was sentenced to six months of work release and three years' probation for violating the terms of his deferred sentence.

In July 2009, Katoa was arrested again, this time for head-butting a teammate outside a bar in Boulder. He was sentenced to six months in jail for the assault.

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